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...most importantly, 4. Because it is a way of keeping the body as cleansed as it can be. The thinner and cleaner the body is, the less it obscures our soul's communication with Grace. There is no Orthodox Saint that wasn't advanced in strict, and even extreme fasting throughout their life.
Fasting is also practiced for 4 reasons: 1. Because, as you said, it is the least of sacrifice we can do to honour God by imitating His example. 2. Because it is a way for us to practice and prove that we can have the obedience for abstention that God expects from us, and that Adam & Eve lacked. 3. Because it is required by the Holy Canons of the Orthodox Church, and...
You are so right my friend! For the Eastern Orthodox faith, fasting is spread through half the year, and it involves abstaining from certain foods as well as other passions such as criticism of others, gossip, etc, even sex.
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